James Canton
James Canton

James Canton, Ph.D.

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Renowned Global Futurist, Author and Visionary Business Advisor

Speaking Topics

  • Future Trends
  • Technology
  • Globalization
  • Sustainability
  • E-Commerce
  • The Extreme Future: Top Trends That Will Reshape Business and Society
  • Technofutures: The Leading--Edge Technologies That Will Shape The 21st Century

Travels From

  • CA

Speaker's Fee Range

    $20,001 - $40,000

James Canton

James Canton's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Dr. James Canton is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author and visionary business advisor. For over 30 years, he has been insightfully predicting the key trends that have shaped our world. Dr. Canton is a leading authority on future trends in innovation. James Canton is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the 21st Century and Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century.

Your provocative presentation along with your remarks, observations, examples and insights clearly motivated and illuminated the day's discussions.

— Federal Express

Dr. James Canton is CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a leading think tank he founded in 1990 that advises business and government on future trends. Dr. Canton advises the Global Fortune 1000 on trends in innovation, financial services, health care, population, life sciences, energy, security, workforce, climate change and globalization. From a broad range of industries, clients include: IBM, BP, Intel, Philips, General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Boeing, FedEx, and Proctor & Gamble. James Canton is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Research in Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management and serves on Motorola's Visionary Advisory Board. Dr. Canton has also advised three White House Administrations, the National Science Foundation and MIT's Media Lab, Europe.

More About James Canton . . .
Recognized as "one of the top presenters in the 21st century" by Successful Meetings Magazine, James Canton is a highly sought-after keynote presenter. Dr. Canton has spoken to thousands of organizations on five continents and is noted for his fascinating, informative, dynamic and entertaining keynotes.

A frequent guest of the media, James Canton is a commentator for CNN. He was named "the Digital Guru" by CNN and "Dr. Future" by Yahoo. Dr. Canton's media coverage has included CNBC, Fox, PBS, ABC, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Report, The New York Times, US News and World Report, CEO, CIO and CFO Magazines. Dr. Canton's Global Futurist blog is followed by a world-wide audience.
Suggested Keynote Programs
  • The Extreme Future: The Top Trends that will Shape the Future Marketplace - From climate, tech, energy, business to globalization and population changes are all coming fast.
  • Human 2.0: The Future of Medicine, Health and Evolution - Find out about the leading innovations and trends that will shape medicine.
  • The Innovator's Mindset: Inventing the Future - How leading innovator's create the future--the 7 secrets of innovation.
  • Technofutures: What's Next for Innovation - From nanotech to quantum tech, robots, GPS, GeoWeb, mobility and Web 2.0, find out what's next for innovation.
  • The Clickstream Consumer and the Digital Lifestyle - Find out how innovative tech such as the web, gaming, mobility and computing are creating a new consumer lifestyle.
  • The Eco-Revolution: Building the Sustainable Organization - How to understand and create the sustainable organization of the future--today.
  • The Mashup Economy and the Future of Business - The impact of new innovations on business models and strategy is redefining commerce--find out how.
  • The Cloud Computing Revolution: Now and the Future
What People Are Saying

"Your Technofutures presentation was a smashing success!"

— Rich Dietz
President Sales Global Markets
SBC

"Your skillful weaving of societal, business, technological and payments industry trends gave my team much to think about. The breakout groups we held following your presentation were highly energized and productive as a result of the material you presented."

— Harry J. Pearce
Vice Chairman
General Motors

"All of our guests, and our MetLife team, at the recent Customer Advisory board meeting thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. It was both timely and on point. You obviously understand the broad trends affecting the country, and what possible outcomes may result. We also appreciated just the right mix of wit and wisdom."

— Craig J. Guiffre
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
MetLife